John Whetten Ehninger

Born in New York City, John Whetten Ehninger was a genre and portrait painter and illustrator. After graduating from Columbia University, he pursued his studies in France, Germany, and Italy until approximately 1853. When he returned, he settled in New York City and frequently exhibited his work during the next six years. He became a member of the National Academy of Design in 1860. After a second trip to Europe, he moved to Newport, Rhode Island, and about 1872 took up residence in Saratoga, New York, where he lived until his death.National Museum of American Art(CD-ROM) (New York and Washington D.C.: MacMillan Digital in cooperation with the National Museum of American Art, 1996)